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Iwata: Smartphone Makers don't Value Games

By james_fudge

Nintendo CEO and president Satoru Iwata took a shot at hand-held smartphone devices this week during a speech at GDC. Iwata said that smartphone manufacturers do not value video games as much as they should with many seeing the quantity of apps as more important than the quality.

"We want consumers to appreciate the premium value of software through our platforms. Although Microsoft and Sony are different to us, I believe we all share this idea 100 per cent. We demonstrate a high value of game software. 'However, smartphones and social platforms are not at all like ours. These platforms have no motivation to maintain a high value of game software. For them, content is just created by someone else."

'Quantity is how they profit. The value of game software does not matter to them.'

He went on to say that the amount of games creates a higher risk of failure and puts developers' jobs on the line: Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on March 03, 2011 (boomark / email).